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  • Rising Star: Cece Natalie “Miss Behaves”

    Rising Star: Cece Natalie “Miss Behaves”0

    The concept of the self-made musician, the tried and true path to victory through dive bars and open mics and relying on few but themselves and a manager, is becoming something of a myth. However, passionate artists who refuse to label or market their work for a niche hashtag on social media platforms or whittle

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  • Ceres & Calypso in the Deep Time

    Ceres & Calypso in the Deep Time0

    The digital age has afforded audiences a great amount of privilege, a leeway often taken for granted in the music industry. Once, there was a time where the mainstream was the mainstream, a single highway to popularity and success aided by the confines of mediums like radio, MTV and records or CDs. However, in the

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  • Taylor Swift: The showgirl we’ve been waiting for?

    Taylor Swift: The showgirl we’ve been waiting for?0

    On Oct. 3, pop juggernaut Taylor Swift released her 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” capping off an era of her career unmatched in sales, content and popularity by any of her contemporaries. Teased relentlessly since the lukewarm discography B-sides project “Midnights,” the album was expected to be a return of prime pop

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  • Private music: Deftones conquer Gen Z

    Private music: Deftones conquer Gen Z0

    Deftones is a band of balance. Their sound is a maelstrom of beauty and throttling violence, a tug of war between lead guitarist Stephen Carpenter’s metal compulsions and lead vocalist Chino Moreno’s passionate pop vocals and electronic atmospheres.  For longtime fans, the nu-metal outfit was just a group of Sacramento skater kids with frosted tips

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